>>>>Here, at the end of the meal the server usually says, "Can I bring you anything else?" I'm tempted to reply, "No, absolutely nothing". Then, when she brings the bill, I would say, "But you said you weren't going to bring me anything else!".
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>>>I managed to confuse a few people in the US by spreading my hands wide, like a bragging angler, while saying "so long" on departure.
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>>I'm sure they (the minimum wage serving staff) admired you all for turning normal social pleasantries into some sort of sarcastic linguistic exercise
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>Sarcasm was out - these were my guests, and I did it with a wide smile. But then nobody was able of explaining the meaning of the phrase either. Really, what is so long and why do you say that?

That moan was directed more at others on the thread :-).

A bad morning has put me in a bad mood.

1. Bus driver stopped me and told me I should be cycling on the cycle path not on the road.

2. Photocopying some pages of a book for my daughter. She asked for specific page numbers and it turned out the book is actually two in one volume and has duplicate page numbers.

3. In my bank looking for a form I need and I was directed to a phone on the wall which connected me with the same automated call hell I can get from home.